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Today’s @sotonpolitics.bsky.social seminar will include these vegan birthday biscuit bars: dark chocolate, pecan, sea salt. #poliskybakes
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Today’s @sotonpolitics.bsky.social seminar will include these vegan birthday biscuit bars: dark chocolate, pecan, sea salt. #poliskybakes
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Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Are you interested in researching gender and inequalities? Join us for our Gender and Inequalities Research Collaboration Event next month, 5 Nov 2025. More details in our infographic below. If you're interested in attending, please email us at gain@soton.ac.uk so that we can get an idea of numbers!
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Are you interested in researching gender and inequalities? Join us for our Gender and Inequalities Research Collaboration Event next month, 5 Nov 2025. More details in our infographic below. If you're interested in attending, please email us at gain@soton.ac.uk so that we can get an idea of numbers!
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I am so excited that this excellent line-up of speakers are presenting in the LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar series this term! 👇
September 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am so excited that this excellent line-up of speakers are presenting in the LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar series this term! 👇
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Submit your abstracts to our ECPG Section for Newcastle 2026 👇
Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Submit your abstracts to our ECPG Section for Newcastle 2026 👇
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This article took a really long time to be published! We started the project in 2021, then life happened. Some reviewers also didn't like the application of OSP to demoinno lit
with my wonderful co-authors Matt Ryan, Rafa Mestre, Masood Gheasi and George Bolton from @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
with my wonderful co-authors Matt Ryan, Rafa Mestre, Masood Gheasi and George Bolton from @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
Now online ft. @lalamur.bsky.social!
"This article presents the first assessment of OSP in the field of DI research from 1970 to 2021 (N=6,384). The only prevalent OSP that we found was the publication of results in OA journals."
Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
"This article presents the first assessment of OSP in the field of DI research from 1970 to 2021 (N=6,384). The only prevalent OSP that we found was the publication of results in OA journals."
Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This article took a really long time to be published! We started the project in 2021, then life happened. Some reviewers also didn't like the application of OSP to demoinno lit
with my wonderful co-authors Matt Ryan, Rafa Mestre, Masood Gheasi and George Bolton from @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
with my wonderful co-authors Matt Ryan, Rafa Mestre, Masood Gheasi and George Bolton from @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
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a new article, friends!
on #democraticinnovations and #opensciencepractices!
a thread will follow at some point!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
on #democraticinnovations and #opensciencepractices!
a thread will follow at some point!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Opening Up? Adoption of Open Science Practices in Democratic Innovation Research | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Opening Up? Adoption of Open Science Practices in Democratic Innovation Research
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September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
a new article, friends!
on #democraticinnovations and #opensciencepractices!
a thread will follow at some point!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
on #democraticinnovations and #opensciencepractices!
a thread will follow at some point!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Absolute delight to attend this last week 👇
🎉 We’re SO HAPPY to have wrapped up our 3-year SNF-funded project “Do Citizens Distrust Politicians? The Role of the Representative Function” with a 2-day workshop “Citizens’ Preferences for Representation and Their Consequences for Political Behaviour” — it was a huge success! 🙌🤯
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Absolute delight to attend this last week 👇
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Several of my great new colleagues at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social and their collaborators have to put together this blockbuster paper on what happened when the UK Labour Party adopted radical right rhetoric on immigration. A must read for centre left parties across Europe.
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Several of my great new colleagues at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social and their collaborators have to put together this blockbuster paper on what happened when the UK Labour Party adopted radical right rhetoric on immigration. A must read for centre left parties across Europe.
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I spoke to @newstatesman.com on the results, where my main point from the paper was that there is *no* modelling strategy that shows a positive effect for Labour.
September 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I spoke to @newstatesman.com on the results, where my main point from the paper was that there is *no* modelling strategy that shows a positive effect for Labour.
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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So happy that mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social ESRC grant application for a 4 year comparative project on disability and political parties was successful!! @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
So happy that mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social ESRC grant application for a 4 year comparative project on disability and political parties was successful!! @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
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I forgot about this in the chaos of summer, but a month or so ago I was on this @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast on government ministers alongside @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @timdurrant.bsky.social and others:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
The secrets of being a government minister | Institute for Government
To mark the 10th anniversary of Ministers Reflect, this special Inside Briefing takes a look at what former ministers have told us in the last decade.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I forgot about this in the chaos of summer, but a month or so ago I was on this @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast on government ministers alongside @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @timdurrant.bsky.social and others:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
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Great to see this timely work out by one of our @sotonpolitics.bsky.social PhD students (whom I’m proud to be co-supervising) #migcitsky
📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'International refugee norm sabotage: An analysis of anti-migration groups in the UK' by Mabel Newton.
🔗: buff.ly/jK0a21C
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
'International refugee norm sabotage: An analysis of anti-migration groups in the UK' by Mabel Newton.
🔗: buff.ly/jK0a21C
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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August 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Great to see this timely work out by one of our @sotonpolitics.bsky.social PhD students (whom I’m proud to be co-supervising) #migcitsky
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I'm looking forward to my first @ecpr.bsky.social conference! I'm going because there's a trust bonanza organized by the indefatigable Ben Seyd and @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Causes, consequences, trends, voting, policy, measurement and conceptualization; they've got it all 👇
Causes, consequences, trends, voting, policy, measurement and conceptualization; they've got it all 👇
New avenues in political trust research
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
August 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm looking forward to my first @ecpr.bsky.social conference! I'm going because there's a trust bonanza organized by the indefatigable Ben Seyd and @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Causes, consequences, trends, voting, policy, measurement and conceptualization; they've got it all 👇
Causes, consequences, trends, voting, policy, measurement and conceptualization; they've got it all 👇
Interested in working with us?
Leverhulme early-career fellowships might be for you. Get in touch with us if you have an idea!
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
Leverhulme early-career fellowships might be for you. Get in touch with us if you have an idea!
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Interested in working with us?
Leverhulme early-career fellowships might be for you. Get in touch with us if you have an idea!
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
Leverhulme early-career fellowships might be for you. Get in touch with us if you have an idea!
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
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📝On our blog, we reflect on the @psawomenpol.bsky.social y.social annual conference we hosted here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! We were delighted to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines who study gender and inequalities. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/2025/07...
Reflections from the PSA Women & Politics Annual Conference 2025 – Gender and Inequalities Research Centre, University of Southampton
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August 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📝On our blog, we reflect on the @psawomenpol.bsky.social y.social annual conference we hosted here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! We were delighted to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines who study gender and inequalities. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/2025/07...
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New article out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social in which I provide a comparative analysis of disability & political parties and develop a framework for assessing their accessibility.
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
Making Political Parties Accessible for People with Disabilities: A New Research Agenda - cup.org/41dguu2
- Elizabeth Evans
#FirstView
Making Political Parties Accessible for People with Disabilities: A New Research Agenda - cup.org/41dguu2
- Elizabeth Evans
#FirstView
July 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New article out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social in which I provide a comparative analysis of disability & political parties and develop a framework for assessing their accessibility.
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My latest article is out #OA in @politicsjournal.bsky.social ✍️
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My latest article is out #OA in @politicsjournal.bsky.social ✍️
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
✅ The first academic study of Anglofuturism
✅ Expands our understanding of 'forward-looking' nostalgias
💡 Part of forthcoming special issue on Global Britain
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Numerous inaccuracies here, but faith has shaped ideas of national identity in England. What role does faith play today? The Centre for English Identity and Politics is publishing blogs and articles from different faith perspectives
www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...
July 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Numerous inaccuracies here, but faith has shaped ideas of national identity in England. What role does faith play today? The Centre for English Identity and Politics is publishing blogs and articles from different faith perspectives
www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...
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🎉 What an incredible year for CPE!
We hosted some of the best scholars in political ethnography, launched new series, and ended with our first-ever CPE workshop. Here’s a look back at 2024—and what’s coming next! 🧵
We hosted some of the best scholars in political ethnography, launched new series, and ended with our first-ever CPE workshop. Here’s a look back at 2024—and what’s coming next! 🧵
July 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎉 What an incredible year for CPE!
We hosted some of the best scholars in political ethnography, launched new series, and ended with our first-ever CPE workshop. Here’s a look back at 2024—and what’s coming next! 🧵
We hosted some of the best scholars in political ethnography, launched new series, and ended with our first-ever CPE workshop. Here’s a look back at 2024—and what’s coming next! 🧵
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At @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have two positions for Teaching Fellows:
1. EU politics, policy, human rights, gender: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX849/t...
2. (American) political theory: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX882/t...
Not your specific area? Apply anyway!
1. EU politics, policy, human rights, gender: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX849/t...
2. (American) political theory: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX882/t...
Not your specific area? Apply anyway!
Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations at University of Southampton
Apply now for the Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
At @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have two positions for Teaching Fellows:
1. EU politics, policy, human rights, gender: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX849/t...
2. (American) political theory: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX882/t...
Not your specific area? Apply anyway!
1. EU politics, policy, human rights, gender: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX849/t...
2. (American) political theory: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX882/t...
Not your specific area? Apply anyway!
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📢 Check out the new Spring issue of QMMR!
It features a Classroom Notes piece by our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social, reflecting on how the digital world has become central to everyday life and how we can prepare researchers to engage with it as a vital window into the lives of those we study
It features a Classroom Notes piece by our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social, reflecting on how the digital world has become central to everyday life and how we can prepare researchers to engage with it as a vital window into the lives of those we study
The Spring issue of QMMR is out! You’ll find essays on archival/interview methods, a symposium on case study research, a discussion of Kreuzer’s new book, a note from the field on the role of care & a note from the classroom on teaching digital ethnography.
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
www.qmmrpublication.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 Check out the new Spring issue of QMMR!
It features a Classroom Notes piece by our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social, reflecting on how the digital world has become central to everyday life and how we can prepare researchers to engage with it as a vital window into the lives of those we study
It features a Classroom Notes piece by our co-director @marianaborges.bsky.social, reflecting on how the digital world has become central to everyday life and how we can prepare researchers to engage with it as a vital window into the lives of those we study
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BISA, with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social held their first Methods Summer School 🌟
Margaret Ifeoma Abazie-Humphrey from @bristoluni.bsky.social, a scholarship receiver, discusses her valuable takeaways and highlights from the course 🎉
Found out more about Margaret's takeways 👉
Margaret Ifeoma Abazie-Humphrey from @bristoluni.bsky.social, a scholarship receiver, discusses her valuable takeaways and highlights from the course 🎉
Found out more about Margaret's takeways 👉
Methods Summer School - Knowledge and tools for research with vulnerable populations
Margaret Ifeoma Abazie-Humphrey, discusses valuable takeaways and highlights from the course.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
BISA, with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social held their first Methods Summer School 🌟
Margaret Ifeoma Abazie-Humphrey from @bristoluni.bsky.social, a scholarship receiver, discusses her valuable takeaways and highlights from the course 🎉
Found out more about Margaret's takeways 👉
Margaret Ifeoma Abazie-Humphrey from @bristoluni.bsky.social, a scholarship receiver, discusses her valuable takeaways and highlights from the course 🎉
Found out more about Margaret's takeways 👉
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A new 'public opinion analytics lab' has been launched: publicopinionanalyticslab.github.io/people/
Led by @miriamsorace.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social , @drjennings.bsky.social and a thematic leadership team, POAL advances research & teaching of public opinion measurement and analysis.
Led by @miriamsorace.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social , @drjennings.bsky.social and a thematic leadership team, POAL advances research & teaching of public opinion measurement and analysis.
July 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A new 'public opinion analytics lab' has been launched: publicopinionanalyticslab.github.io/people/
Led by @miriamsorace.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social , @drjennings.bsky.social and a thematic leadership team, POAL advances research & teaching of public opinion measurement and analysis.
Led by @miriamsorace.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social , @drjennings.bsky.social and a thematic leadership team, POAL advances research & teaching of public opinion measurement and analysis.